Spain to curb EU reliance on Russian gas

Given the instability in Ukraine, Spain, France and Portugal plan a new pipeline through the Pyrenees that will boost supplies to almost 15 billion cubic metres of gas a year, reducing supplies from Russia to about 10%

Shipped from overseas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) needs to be  converted back into gas before it can be fed into pipeline

LNG terminals: Spain’s seven terminals account for 38% of European capacity 

Gas pipelines

Russia: State-controlled Gazprom delivered 163 bcm of natural gas to Europe in 2014 – 30% of Europe’s supply. Half of this flows through war-torn Ukraine


SPAIN
ALGERIA
PORTUGAL
FRANCE
RUSSIA
UKRAINE

1
2
3
1
2
3


Countries importing over 30% of Russian gas

Other EU countries

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GAS SUPPLIES VIA SPAIN

MidCat: Planned 190km pipeline could pump 7.2 bcm of gas a year

Larrau: Main connection with France upgraded last year, increasing capacity of pipeline to 5.2 bcm

Biriatou: New pipeline expected to pump another 2 bcm by 2016

Total possible: 14.4 bcm a year

Spain buys all its gas from non-Russian sources

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IMPORTS OF GAS FROM RUSSIA

Billion cubic metres, selected countries

Germany
Turkey
Ukraine
Italy
Belarus
Belgium
Poland
France
0
10
20
30
40
BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2014

Sources: Stratford, Sedigas, European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas